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Emaline

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The lagging American economy
« on: July 02, 2008, 12:34:26 AM »
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/business/02jobs.html?hp

Who is concerned? Terrified?

What do you think can be done to fix this? Can it be fixed?

Or are we fucked?
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Re: The lagging American economy
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2008, 12:56:33 AM »
It has imapcted me greatly over the last couple of years. My trade has taken a particularly hard hit... so bad that I have left it. We'll pull out of it, but it will take some work. Republican economic philosophies are particularly damaging to the working class. In a way, I suppose it's better that the problem is more widespread. It increases the likelihood that we will not make these mistakes again.
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...a little concerned about your sensibilities.

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Re: The lagging American economy
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2008, 01:04:46 AM »
Concerned?  Certainly.

Terrified?  Naaah.

Can it be fixed?  Well, no and yes.  Steps can be taken at many levels to mitigate the symptoms, but the
core problem is largely a function of the cyclic nature of many interacting factors.  Eventually, it will cycle
back "up" again...

Are we fucked?  Since the day we were born... 
(But seriously, shit happens in every lifetime.  You just have to look at it in a big-picture perspective.)





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Re: The lagging American economy
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2008, 01:16:55 AM »
we rebounded from the great depression and we will again
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Re: The lagging American economy
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2008, 02:14:48 PM »
Can't speak for the rest of the country, but...GM stock closed below $10/share yesterday for the first time in decades. Things are looking real fucked around here.:(

jdfu!

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Re: The lagging American economy
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2008, 09:41:57 PM »

You fuckin it up!
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Re: The lagging American economy
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2008, 08:37:27 PM »
I'm preparing for the worse.
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Re: The lagging American economy
« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2008, 01:04:15 AM »
::building his fallout shelter as he types..::
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Re: The lagging American economy
« Reply #8 on: July 08, 2008, 03:22:45 AM »
i've been hearing rumors that the stock market will crash again and we'll be thrown into another depression.



i don't like the sound of that.


i've also been hearing a lot about how the earth will be destroyed in 2012.


and that obama is the antichrist.


we'll see, i guess.
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Re: The lagging American economy
« Reply #9 on: July 08, 2008, 03:33:35 AM »
I really hope the earth does end in 2012. That would be cool... I don't know why, but it would.
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Re: The lagging American economy
« Reply #10 on: July 08, 2008, 09:17:31 AM »
Quote from: CaffeinatedCassadie on July 08, 2008, 03:33:35 AM
I really hope the earth does end in 2012. That would be cool... I don't know why, but it would.
no, the world will end once i do the dirty deed, I'm hoping that that happens long before 2012
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Re: The lagging American economy
« Reply #11 on: July 08, 2008, 01:28:27 PM »
Quote from: CaffeinatedCassadie on July 08, 2008, 03:33:35 AM
I really hope the earth does end in 2012. That would be cool... I don't know why, but it would.

Yeah, that would be pretty sweet.
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Re: The lagging American economy
« Reply #12 on: July 08, 2008, 02:50:43 PM »
Quote from: VipersGratitude on July 05, 2008, 09:41:57 PM
*picture of that bastion of liberal economics*
You fuckin it up!

he'd be more likely using the past tense at this point. and bushy claims he's been trying to "stimulate" the economy. since when? 2001?
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Re: The lagging American economy
« Reply #13 on: July 08, 2008, 03:30:58 PM »
I'm more concerned about Social Security and its failure to help out many disabled Americans who can't work......
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Re: The lagging American economy
« Reply #14 on: July 08, 2008, 03:34:45 PM »
Quote from: J_Beck on July 08, 2008, 03:30:58 PM
I'm more concerned about Social Security and its failure to help out many disabled Americans who can't work......
I find it amazing that, at a time when the commercial investment markets are circling the drain, certain people
are still trying to sell the idea of privatizing SS.  "The Market consistently out performs... blah blah blah..."
...except when the market tanks and large amounts of money that seemed to be there yesterday simply aren't
there today.
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